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PUBLIC LAW 87-563-JULY 31, 1962

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Public Law 87-563 AN ACT

July 31, 1962

Granting the consent of Congress to the Southern Ii Interstate Nuclear Compact, —LJ—: and for related purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it is hereby southern interdeclared to be the national policy to encourage and recognize the pg^^ ^"'=^*^'" ^°™" performance of functions by the States with respect to the peaceful consent of conuse of nuclear energy in its several forms. The Federal Government ^'*^^' recognizes that many programs in nuclear fields can benefit from cooperation among the States, as well as between the Federal Government and the States. The importance of the interstate compact as one means for promoting such cooperation is hereby declared as part of the intention of Congress, already expressed in part in Public Law 86-373, to facilitate the use of State jurisdiction in and over 73 Stat. ess. 42 USC 2021. portions of the development and regulatory nuclear field. SEC. 2. The Congress hereby consents to the Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact, which compact is as follows: uARTICLE

I. POLICY AND PURPOSE

"The party states recognize that the proper employment of nuclear energy, facilities, materials, and products can assist substantially in the industrialization of the South and the development of a balanced economy for the region. They also recognize that optimum benefit from and acquisition of nuclear resources and facilities requires systematic encouragement, guidance, and assistance from the party states on a cooperative basis. It is the policy of the party states to undertake such cooperation on a continuing basis; it is the purpose of this compact to provide the instruments and framework for such a cooperative effort to improve the economy of the South and contribute to the individual and community well-being of the region's people. ((ARTICLE

II. THE BOARD

" (a) There is hereby created an agency of the party states to be known as the 'Southern Interstate Nuclear Board' (hereinafter called "Southern interthe Board). The Board shall be composed of one member from each |*oari!'»"'^*^' party state designated or appointed in accordance with the law of the state which he represents and serving and subject to removal in accordance with such law. Any member of the Board may provide composition, for the discharge of his duties and the performance of his functions powers, etc. thereon (either for the duration of his membership or for any lesser period of time) by a deputy or assistant, if the laws of his state make specific provisions therefor. The federal government may be repre- Post, p. 254. sented without vote if provision is made by federal law for such representation. " (b) The Board members of the party states shall each be entitled to one vote on the Board. No action of the Board shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of all members representing the party states are present and unless a majority of the total number of votes on the Board are cast in favor thereof. " (c) The Board shall have a seal. " (d) The Board shall elect annually, from among its members, a chairman, a vice chairman, and a treasurer. The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall serve at its pleasure and who shall also act as Secretary, and who, together with the Treasurer, shall be bonded in such amounts as the Board may require.

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